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Conservative churchgoers torn on presidential primary choices


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Greg Horton
Super Tuesday is less than two weeks away, but Oklahoma Republicans, reflecting a national trend, are still divided over GOP candidates Mike Huckabee, John McCain and Mitt Romney. The rift in the Re...
 
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Polls suggest Mormonism may be moving in from the fringes, public opinion


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Greg Horton
  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney finally addressed his Mormon faith in a speech at the George Bush Presidential Library on Dec. 6. In front of a hand-selected crowd, Romney called...
 
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Baptist pastor in Enid censured for blogging about board


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Greg Horton
Enid pastor Wade Burleson has been censured by the trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board. Burleson has been at odds with the trustees since November of 2005 whe...
 
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Bicycle club members meet to ride from bar to bar


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Greg Horton
Drinking and driving is safer than it used to be for members of two Oklahoma City bike clubs, which meet at Red Rooster Bar & Grill on Saturdays to begin their "Booze Cruise" on bikes, which the...
 
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Festival celebrates contributions of Hispanic residents


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Greg Horton
One good celebración deserves another. Capitol Hill Main Street, a nonprofit community development agency, hosts the second annual Fiestas de Las Americas on Saturday. The festival, livening up Comme...
 
Thursday, September 27, 2007

One of nation's few Taiwanese Buddhist monasteries calls OKC home


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Greg Horton
The Buddha Mind Monastery is located in an unlikely place for a Buddhist monastery " an old Pentecostal church on S. Anderson Road between Interstates 40 and 240. Two Taiwanese nuns live and work th...
 
Thursday, September 13, 2007

Episcopalians still grappling with gay bishop issue


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Greg Horton
The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, or ECUSA, appears to have avoided expulsion from the worldwide Anglican Communion over the issue of the consecration of gay bishops and...
 
Thursday, August 9, 2007

OKC Ismaili Muslims celebrate their spiritual leader's 50th year as imam


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Greg Horton
On July 11, a small group of Oklahoma City Ismaili Muslims traveled to Dallas and Houston for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Aga Khan. The Aga Khan, Prince Karim al-Hussaini, is imam " ...
 
Thursday, July 19, 2007

Enid pastor calls for database of Southern Baptist ministers accused of sex abuse


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Greg Horton
Southern Baptists meeting in San Antonio, Texas, recently for their annual convention approved a motion made by an Enid pastor that is the first step in creating a database of ministers ...
 
Thursday, July 19, 2007

Local Juneteenth celebration planned


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Greg Horton
The Eastside Capitol Gateway Main Street Association will host the seventh annual Juneteenth celebration Friday and Saturday at the south end of the state Capitol complex. The event will...
 
Thursday, June 14, 2007

OCU to offer divinity master's degree


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Greg Horton
Oklahoma City University's Wimberly School of Religion will begin offering a master's of divinity degree in the fall semester of 2007. Currently, only two universities in Oklahoma are accredited...
 
Thursday, June 7, 2007

Hispanic population revitalizing Capitol Hill area


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Greg Horton
Twenty years ago, Capitol Hill appeared to be in the final stage of urban decay, suffering a series of setbacks brought on by:" city planning, " business relocations, " unemployment and " low pr...
 
Thursday, May 31, 2007

Wording of undocumented alien law has assistance providers worried


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Greg Horton
Despite his official statement that "we will not effectively address immigration reform until the federal government acts," Gov. Brad Henry signed the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Ac...
 
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Jewish community center breaks ground


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Greg Horton
On May 20, the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Oklahoma City will break ground on the new Chabad Community Center for Jewish Life and Learning. Rabbi Ovadia Goldman describes the facility ...
 
Thursday, May 10, 2007

Philosophy of 'The Secret' nothing new, says OKC minister


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Greg Horton
Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret" has become one of the fastest-selling books of all time with 3.75 million copies in print, saying thinking good thoughts brings about good and thinking bad thoughts b...
 
Thursday, April 26, 2007
 
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